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Historical Peninsula The Sustainable City VII, Vol. 2 859 Site management process and urban renewal in Istanbul: Historical Peninsula S. Turgut Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Y ı ld ı z Technical University, I s t a n b u l , Turkey Abstract Site management has become a matter standing out in our country in recent years. The Historical Peninsula, the most remarkable site with the ongoing implementations in this process was proclaimed a Historic Site by the Cultural and Natural Heritage Conservation Board in 1995. The Historical Peninsula, having an important role in the Istanbul Metropolitan Area, was subjected to new organization by Law No. 5226 “Amendment to Cultural and Natural Heritage Conservation Law and Various Other Laws” which was enacted in 2004 Accordingly, new concepts including “Management Area”, “Management Plan” and “Conservation, Implementation, Audit Bureau” were defined by the law. Parallel to this restructuring process, the entire area of the Historical Peninsula was proclaimed for renovation, pursuant to Law No. 5366 on the ‘Preservation by Renovation and Utilization by Revitalizing of Deteriorated Immovable Historical and Cultural Properties’ which came into force in 2005, and a number of renovation projects were launched. One of the main problems at the Historical Peninsula is the concurrent execution of a large number of plans and projects at the site in varying scales. This phenomenon challenges the management of the site. The Master Zoning Plan for the Conservation of the Historical Peninsula, which is still pending for enactment, is a current gap that needs to be filled within this process, while uncoordinated renovation projects continue to have a dominant impact over the area, along with the lack of plans and the continuing site management process. In this study, the ongoing planning and urban renewal efforts at the Historical Peninsula will be discussed in conjunction, along with an attempt to analyze the WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, Vol 155, © 2012 WIT Press www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3541 (on-line) doi:10.2495/SC120722 860 The Sustainable City VII, Vol. 2 implementations, the relationship between these processes and site management will be questioned. Keywords: Istanbul, Historical Peninsula, site management, urban renewal, urban conservation, planning mamagement process. 1 Introduction As a privileged city to serve as the capital to the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, Istanbul has always been the center of interest due to the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of its location, amidst the Black Sea, the Balkans, Anatolia and the Mediterranean. As a transcontinental city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Istanbul is a global city. The first settlements in Istanbul dates back 300 thousand years, while the city has a 3 millennium long urban history and served as a capital for almost 1600 years, the city has hosted several civilizations and cultures over the ages, and the long history of coexistence of different religions, languages and nations converted the city into a unique mosaic of diversities. Being one of the few cities in the world which left behind epochs as a power center and a node for every aspect of civilization and Istanbul has been and still is a global metropolis from past to present. The Historical Peninsula which will be discussed in this paper is actually the headland extending from Sarayburnu (Seraglio Point) to the enclosing city walls at back, between Marmara and the Golden Horn, which gave birth and served as the capital to several great empires along the world history. The entire city of Istanbul has taken over the name of this small enclosure, which covers a 3% portion of the city. The Historical Peninsula surrounded by city walls and seaward ramparts host a unique mosaic of cultural heritage of civilizations, piled on top of each other layer by layer. The Historical Peninsula is one of the very few locations which host an immense and diverse cultural heritage that one can not easily see in any corner of the world. Today the site still maintains these assets as in the past. The four chief sections of the headland are; The Archaeological Park on the Historical Peninsula; Süleymaniye Quarter hosting the bazaars and the surrounding local settlements, Zeyrek Quarter hosting the Church of Christ Pantokrator (today Zeyrek Mosque) and the area hosting the remains of abandoned Palace of Blachernae extending along both sides of the Theodosian Wall. This historic capital is adorned with numerous unparalleled monumental structures including, many architecture works of the Imperial period, Sultanahmet Mosque (The Blue Mosque), Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Mosque, Yeni Cami (Mosque of the Valide Sultan) from the 17th Century, Topkapı Palace a 15th century as a waterside palace with a compound of 700,000 square meters, Hippodrome of Constantine, the Valens Aqueduct, Hagia Sophia Cathedral, St. Irene, Justinian St. Sergius and Bacchus churches, Church of Christ Pantokrator ordered by Byzantine Empress Eirene Komnena and constructed under sponsorship of John II Komnenos, Chora Church, known for its 14th and 15th Century mosaics, and many baths, cisterns, and sarcophagi, today the location is governed within the municipal area of Fatih county [1]. WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, Vol 155, © 2012 WIT Press www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3541 (on-line) The Sustainable City VII, Vol. 2 861 Figure 1: Location and view of the peninsula. Historical locations of Istanbul reflecting an outstanding universal value and containing the most important features of the city was protected from the degenerative impacts of major changes of 19th and 20th centuries and later the historical heritage was registered and laws to preserve this heritage were enacted. (Istanbul Historical Peninsula Management Plan Draft Report 2011). 1.1 Istanbul in the world heritage list Following the adoption of World Heritage Convention by UNESCO Member States in 1972 and founding of World Heritage Committee and the World Heritage Foundation in 1976, it took only 10 years for Istanbul (Historic Areas of Istanbul) to be included in the World Heritage List making the city one of first examples of in this process. A look into the ramp up course of sites enlisted in years, from 12 in 1978, to 215 in 1985 and of 690 in 2000 and most recently 878 in 2008, solidifies this expression. The “Convention Concerning the Conservation of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage” adopted at the 16th General Conference of UNESCO in 1972 aims to build the public awareness to protect and conserve sites with outstanding universal value, which are deemed to be common inheritance of the mankind and to ensure necessary cooperation to keep these assets alive, which are threatened and degenerated by various factors [2]. The World Heritage List first proclaimed in 1978 by the World Heritage Committee recognized four sites of Istanbul in the cultural heritage list in 1985, two years after the participation of Turkey in 1983. The sites referred above are: 1- Archaeological Park-Topkapı Palace and Sultanahmet Mosque Region 2- Süleymaniye Quarter 3- Zeyrek Quarter 4- Byzantine seaward ramparts and city walls WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, Vol 155, © 2012 WIT Press www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3541 (on-line) 862 The Sustainable City VII, Vol. 2 Figure 2: World heritage sites of Istanbul. The inclusion of these four sites in the World Heritage List requires adequate conservation through applicable legislations. The Archaeological Park was proclaimed under conservation in 1953, while Zeyrek and Süleymaniye were taken under conservation in 1977 and 1979 respectively and finally, the city walls (Theodosian Walls) and its environs were taken under conservation in 1981. Istanbul was included in the World Heritage List based on the criteria (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) sought for sites with outstanding universal value. These criteria are as follows. (i) Historical sites of Istanbul feature a number of unique monuments like the Hagia Sophia, a universal architectural masterpiece designed by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus between 532 and 537 A.D. and Süleymaniye Complex built by Mimar Sinan between 1550 and 1557 as a marvelous landmark representing Ottoman architecture. (ii) The monuments in Istanbul made significant effects on the territories they are located within. Such as the 6650 meters long city walls, on order of Theodosius II, as a prominent example of fortifications and military architecture along the history (iii) Istanbul hosts a vast number of functional buildings which represent great architectural and artistic importance by the architectural elements they feature. Fresco adorned churches, monumental cisterns, sarcophagi, mosques and baths can be named as several examples. (iv) The City owns a combination of buildings which make up a consistent unity of architectural and technical elements and constitute exceptional examples delineating the stages in human history. Topkapı Palace, Süleymaniye Mosque and its complex, caravanserais, madrasahs, medical schools, almshouses and sarcophagi are particularly important in this sense. In the area, there are 10,183 pieces of registered cultural assets located within the Historical Peninsula. The total number of registered cultural assets present in the field is 9,421 with a breakdown of 4,089 monuments and 6,324 civil structures. 2,982 of the assets in this area are listed in the World Heritage. WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, Vol 155, © 2012 WIT Press www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3541 (on-line) The Sustainable City VII, Vol. 2 863 1.2 Conflict between the zoning process and the world heritage proclamation on the historic peninsula The Historical Peninsula was one of the first zones to be governed under a zoning plan in the republican period of the nation with reference to the historical and cultural diversity featured in the area. The earliest zone planning efforts in the Historical Peninsula dates back to 1933, while the latest plan is the “1/5000 Scale Heritage Conservation and Urban Reconstruction Zoning Plan”, endorsed on Nov 2, 1990, was annulled on May 10, 1991 by a court ruling.
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